Gin saw cleaner



@IBLl 26, 1943. J, DELASHAW ET Aim 2,332,783

GIN SAW CLEANER Filed April 2, 1941 :a sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR dmes 7a2/@shaw fendu/ZZ 'j/bson' ArroRNEY Patented Oct. 26, 1943 s Claims:

Ivl'he invention relates to cottonuggin cleaners and more especially to gin saw cleaners. l

The, primary `object `of the invention is the `provision of a -cleaner ofthis character, wherein a Iraking vaction itakesplace between-the disks a of the gin saw and inwardlylofsthe teeth thereof, as well as lat both: sides; of each, disk,` thereby removing all foreign matterfsuch as .wet cotton, guznin'ysubstances and the like from the saw during the `operatit'm of ,-thesaine."y l f Anotherobject of the invention is the provision ofi'a "cleaner of this character; wherein its con struction 1 is "novelin entirety, and in its association'with the gin jsaw, so as to successfully clean the latter while the'gin is in operation.`

A further object of the invention is the provision of a. cleaner of this Character, wherein the blades thereof are located at the periphery of the cleaner disks and are curved with an alternate disposition directed inwardly in convergent relation to each other toward the axis of the cleaner, so that in the operation of the latter the cleaner blades extend out past the saw teeth for Contact with the same on each side thereof, raking any substance out and off of the gin saw, starting from the inside or rear part thereof and scraping out toward the points of the teeth.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a cleaner of this character, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, strong, durable, rotating reversely to the direction of rotation of the gin saw, enabling a continuous cleaning action concurrently with -the working of the gin saw, and inexpensive to manufacture and install.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred embodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings: v

Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line I-I of Figure 2 looking in the directions of the arrows, illustrating the manner in which the cleaner constructed in accordance with the invention operates.

Figure 2 is a ysectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary enlarged elevation.

S PliT}`.l\J'I-"L` QOF'FI n w 2332383 V l S-AW CLEANER a a Jmesneiashaw and Fendall D. Gibson, fr i Moulton, Ala.` f. N 'al'iiieautisnapriia 1941,'seria1np. 385,554

(ci. 19-64) Y are uniformly spaced from each other by a sectional hub I3 andfthese with the disk saws are fixed upon theshaft Iin any desirable'manner. These parts may be of any usual or well known form.

`Arranged at one side of and below theshaft I0 is a rotary cleaner B for the disk saws II and comprises an axle I4 which extends parallel with the said shaft IIJ. The axle I4 is journaled in slidable bearings I5, these being suitably mounted on the gin frame A for the movement of the said axle I4 toward and away from the gin saws II. Upon this axle I4 is a sectional hub I6, the sections of which serve as separators for a plurality of cleaner disks I'I, which are of the same thickness but of smaller diameter than the disk saws I I. The cleaner disks I1 are adapted to extend inwardly between the disk saws II, there being one more cleaner disk than ygin saws and all of such disks I1 are disposed an equal distance from opposite faces of the said saws Il inl working relation thereto. The hub and disks of the cleaner B are secured to the axle I4 in any desirable manner. Y

Secured to opposite faces of the cleaner disks I'I at the peripheries thereof are inherently springy cleaner blades I8, these being tapered toward the hub I6 and are curved from the heels I9 to :the pointed tips 20 of the same. These blades I8 are laterally angled from the faces of the disks II and those adjacent to each other are staggered with respect to one another so that the tips 20 cross or overlap one another and freely pass the ends of the teeth I2 of the disk saws I I, or in other words effect a complete cross in front of the teeth I2 and maintain this confronting relationship during the operation of the gin machine.

The cleaner B rotates reversely to the direction of rotation of the gin saws Il and the blades I8 contact the latter so that the said saws I I will be scraped from the inside toward the outside thereof, the blades I8 being effective for covering all of the space between adjacent saws II. When the cleanerB is not in operation there will be a adjusting the cams 22 the cleaner B can be moved toward the gin saws Il or through the action of f .i the springs 2| the cleaner B will be shifted away Y from the said saws as will be apparent.

ing the belt 26 trained thereover, the latter being .K 1 i; trained overa pulley 21 on a shaft 28 and this .f n

tapered 'in `the vdirection of the axis of the disks pulley 21 is clutch releasable from the latter.` The shaft 28 carries a pulley 29 which :is'lclutch releasable therefrom and has trained` thereover the belt 30, itbe'ing also trained over aipul'ley'l fixed to the axle |74. The shaft 2B is located `on "a line perpendicular to a linedrawn through between shaft 28 and axle I4 to be tight at `all times, even though thecleaner `B is `"thrown out of operation; f M Whatis c'laimedis:

ya rotatable disk-type peripheries thereof and being reversely angled to each other for converging toward one another in the direction of the axis common to said disks to cross each other for overriding the peripheral teeth of said saw and means for rotating the disks.

2. A cleaner device for a rotatable disk-type peripherally toothed gin saw, comprising rotat- Iably supported idisks having acommon axis and arranged in `spaced relationlffto each other for accommodating a gin saw therebetween, cleaner `.lzil'ades on faces adjacent each other of said disks next tothe peripheries thereof and being reverse- Vlly'angied to each other for converging toward y 1one-another inthe direction of the axis common 'to :said disks to cross each other for overriding the peripheral teeth of said saw, the blades being and .means for rotating the disks.

3. A cleaner device for toothed rotary disk gin saws, comprising a rotatable shaft' confronting said sawssp'aced disks rotated in unison'by said shaft, elongatedV ylongit'udinally curved cleaner blades having their Louter ends xed to opposed faces adjacent 'to Veach otherof said disks' 'at'VV the peripheries thereof with the inner ends of said blades 4approaching the rotatable shaft, the said blades being bent laterally with respectto fthe disks yto inwardly converge toward each otherin crossed relation to one another and override the teeth of the gin saws confronting the'k rotatable shaft, and .means'for operating thesa-idshaftlV JAMES DELASHAW.- f EENDALL D` GIIBSON.` 

